Riding the carousel with Lorde
Few artists have been able to capture the fraught tension of growing up the way Lorde did in six simple words: “It feels so scary getting old.”
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What’s a column, and why didn’t you read mine?
I’m disappointed my semester-long run as the arts columnist at The Daily Californian isn’t ending with more intrigue. If there’s an arts opinion that could get me canceled by the UC Berkeley student body, thus ending my time here in scandal — I can’t think of it.
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The art of being Hinged online
These apps are the dining-hall-egg-flavored vape cartridge of the masses, but this also happens to be what makes them fun.
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Bagels, bazaars and concerts: A Passover of grievance
I spent my Saturday avoiding Jewish responsibilities. It was Passover, but I had no plans for a Seder.
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The city of love, alone
Arts abroad
I barely knew anyone yet in this big wide city, but I consoled myself with the ridiculous notion that I might strike up a conversation with a handsome stranger sitting next to me and make a new friend. But walking into the Palais Royale, surrounded by elderly couples and bourgeois millennials, I felt horribly out of place.
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The art of the scam, or why I cheated at trivia night
Mullet journal
In hope of surpassing a measly 4th place finish, we decided to wager all our points on this last shot at a podium finish.
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A fugue state
The first thing to out me as a pianist is my posture.
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LinkedIn curation
Mullet journal
This entire process, from making a LinkedIn to interviewing to email correspondence, is a performative art — especially when you have no idea what you’re really supposed to be doing.
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A cease and desist to Marvel
I think of Marvel and Disney’s ever-growing cinematic empire almost as a form of cultural stagnation brought on by the commercialization of art.
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Course feedback: A hater’s playground
Mullet Journal
For me, course feedback forms are an art of subtle hatred or bombastic praise. I spend a lot of time on these forms.
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